NEW HAMPSHIRE’S OWN CONGRESS WOMAN ANNIE KUSTER.
CONGRESSWOMAN KUSTER: THANK YOU, EVERYBODY.
I’M EXCITED TO BE HERE AND VERY EXCITED ABOUT THIS RATHER EXTRAORDINARY ELECTION.
I WANT TO EXTEND MY DEEP APPRECIATION TO MY DEAR FRIENDS WITH ME TONIGHT COME INTO MY SUPPORTERS WHO HAVE WORKED SO HARD OVER THE PAST YEAR UNDER INCREDIBLY CHALLENGING
CIRCUMSTANCES.
THANK YOU ALL, FROM THE BOTTOM OF MY HEART.
I WANT TO THINK MY OPPONENT STEVE NEGRON FOR RUNNING A VERY CIVIL CAMPAIGN AND FOCUSING ON THE ISSUES.
AND THANKS ESPECIALLY TO MY HUSBAND, BRAD, AND MY SON ZACH, AND STEPHANIE WHO IS HERE WITH US, FOR YOUR LOVE AND SUPPORT THROUGHOUT THE CAMPAIGN.
I WANT TO THANK ALL THE VOTERS OF NEW HAMPSHIRE’S SECOND CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT AND I WANT YOU TO KNOW NO MATTER WHO YOU VOTED FOR, YOUR PARTICIPATION MAKES US STRONGER
AS A STATE AND A NATION, AND I WILL REPRESENT YOU FAIRLY.
THIS IS BEEN AN ELECTION UNLIKE ANY OTHER BEFORE.
HERE IN NEW HAMPSHIRE AND ACROSS THE COUNTRY, WE FACE THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC, WHICH CREATED A PUBLIC HEALTH CRISIS AND ECONOMIC CHALLENGES TESTING EVERY SINGLE ONE OF US.
I AM SO PROUD OF THE RESILIENCY OF MY CONSTITUENTS AND OUR COMMUNITIES ALL ACROSS THE SECOND DISTRICT HERE IN NEW HAMPSHIRE.
WHEN WE NEEDED PPE, PEOPLE STEPPED UP TO SEW MASKS AND GOWNS.
WHEN SMALL BUSINESSES NEED A SUPPORT, FOLKS BOUGHT R.O.E.
QUOTE -- BOUGHT LOCAL AND RETAILERS ADAPTED TO KEEP EMPLOYEES AND CUSTOMERS SAFE.
I’M PROUD THAT I WAS ABLE TO HELP DELIVER CRITICAL RESOURCES TO NEW HAMPSHIRE.
IN THE FORM OF MORE THAN $4.2 BILLION IN FUNDING.
FUNDING TO SUPPORT OUR HEALTH CARE SYSTEM AND FRONTLINE WORKERS, TO HELP STRUGGLING INDIVIDUALS AND SMALL BUSINESSES, AND TO HELP SEE OUR STATE THROUGH THIS CRISIS.
I’M COMMITTED TO CONTINUING TO FIGHT FOR POLICIES THAT PUT HARD-WORKING FAMILIES HERE IN NEW HAMPSHIRE FIRST.
IMPROVING ACCESS TO QUALITY AFFORDABLE HEALTH CARE.
PROTECTING MEDICARE AND SOCIAL SECURITY.
LOWERING COSTS OF PRESCRIPTION MEDICATION.
STANDING UP FOR OUR VETERANS, SERVICE MEMBERS, AND THEIR FAMILIES.
AN EXPANDING OPPORTUNITY FOR EVERYONE IN THE GRANITE STATE.
WE NEED TO TACKLE CLIMATE CHANGE.
WITH CLEAN ENERGY AND NEW GREEN JOBS.
WE NEED TO DEFEND WOMEN’S AUTONOMY AND OUR REPRODUCTIVE RIGHTS.
AND PROMOTE FAMILY VALUES LIKE CHILDCARE, A LIVING WAGE, AND PAID FAMILY LEAVE.
AND OF COURSE AS WE WORK TO REBUILD AND STRENGTHEN OUR ECONOMY IN THE WAKE OF COVID-19, WE WILL BUILD BACK BETTER, LIFTING UP ALL AMERICANS AND THEIR FAMILIES TO A BRIGHTER
FUTURE.
EXCUSE ME.
LIKE ALL OF YOU, MY FAMILY AND I ARE ANXIOUSLY AWAITING THE RESULTS OF TONIGHT’S ELECTIONS HERE IN NEW HAMPSHIRE AND ACROSS THE COUNTRY.
I FEEL CONFIDENT THAT DECENCY AND DEMOCRACY WILL PREVAIL THIS EVENING AND THAT WE WILL SEE STRONG RESULTS FOR DEMOCRATIC CANDIDATES UP AND DOWN THE BALLOT.
THE EARLY RESULTS IN THE PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION ARE ENCOURAGING AND I’M EXCITED TO GET TO WORK WITH A JOE BIDEN -KAMALA HARRIS ADMINISTRATION TO MAKE THE CHANGE THAT WE NEED TO
SUPPORT ALL GRANITE STATERS AND ENSURE THAT NO ONE IS LEFT BEHIND AS WE REBUILD FROM THIS PANDEMIC.
TONIGHT AMERICANS ACROSS THE COUNTRY WILL WATCH THE RESULTS COME IN.
NO MATTER THE OUTCOME, MANY AMERICANS WILL BE DISAPPOINTED THEIR PREFERRED CANDIDATE DID NOT CARRY THE DAY.
BUT REGARDLESS, ONCE WE KNOW THE FINAL OUTCOME, WE MUST ALL COME TOGETHER AS AMERICANS.
THERE IS TOO MUCH AT STAKE AND WE MUST FACE OUR SHARED CHALLENGES AS ONE PEOPLE.
NOT BLUE STATES OR RED STATES, BUT AS THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA.
SERVING AS YOUR REPRESENTATIVE IN THE UNITED STATES HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES IS THE HONOR OF MY LIFETIME, AND I’M ETERNALLY GRATEFUL FOR THE TRUST BESTOWED UPON ME BY THE PEOPLE OF NEW
HAMPSHIRE’S SECOND CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT.
WE KNOW THAT BALLOTS ARE CONTINUING TO BE COUNTED ACROSS NEW HAMPSHIRE, BUT WE FEEL CONFIDENT THAT TONIGHT WE WILL WIN THANKS TO YOUR GENEROUS SUPPORT.
I WANT TO THANK EVERYONE FOR JOINING US THIS EVENING AND THANK YOU TO AL